Dan Yaya Surname
Approximately 541 people bear this surname
Dan Yaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 373 | 1:474,914 | 23,911 |
| Niger | 168 | 1:114,238 | 4,517 |
Dan Yaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dan Yaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dan Yaya is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dan Yaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 580,291st most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 13,470,510 people. The surname Dan Yaya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dan Yaya reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Dan Yaya is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 373 people, or 1 in 474,914. In Nigeria Dan Yaya is primarily concentrated in: Sokoto, where 35 percent live, Jigawa, where 25 percent live and Kebbi, where 20 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 31 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dan Yaya
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